The Ciivise (Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence against Children) had called on the public authorities to act.

The government then takes measures unveiled Wednesday in a press release to fight against incest and sexual violence against minors.

Withdrawal of parental authority

The Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti, announces the “submission to Parliament of a legislative amendment allowing the withdrawal in principle of the exercise of parental authority in the event of a conviction of a parent for incestuous sexual violence against his child. ".



This measure corresponds to a recommendation of the Ciivise, which published a report on Wednesday on the traumatic consequences of incest and calls on the public authorities to action.

This “withdrawal in principle” from the exercise of parental authority would be pronounced “unless otherwise stated by the trial court by special motivation”.

Advice and support unit

Moreover, in the same press release published by her services, Charlotte Caubel, Secretary of State for Children, announced the creation of an "advice and support unit for professionals who receive revelations of sexual violence from of children”.

This cell “will make it possible to support professionals confronted with revelations, and to direct them to the system best suited to take charge of their report”.

major national campaign

The government also announces "a major national campaign on sexual violence against children to publicize its manifestations and their consequences for the victims as well as the possible remedies".

In addition, the Minister of Health, François Braun, plans to "strengthen the training of health professionals around the active detection of abuse, awareness of issues of respect for the privacy of the child, and a preventive approach violence,” the same statement said.

Support for the child

The government also wants to strengthen “accompaniment of the child” throughout the criminal process “by victim support associations and with the intervention of an ad hoc administrator, in the event of parental failure”.

This support will take place "as soon as possible, from the filing of a complaint, for all acts of the investigation, until the announcement of the decision of the public prosecutor, during the trial and to guarantee full compensation. harm suffered by the child.

These measures are inspired by the recommendations made by the Ciivise, set up in January 2021 in the wake of the publication of Camille Kouchner's story

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